FAIRFIELD, Calif. — The Fairfield Police Department released more information Thursday about the series of events leading up to a police officer shooting a man.
According to the police department, it started around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday when someone called 911 to report a man with a gun on a trail near East Tabor Avenue.
Upon arrival officers saw the man who was still holding the gun and nearby Grange Middle School was put on lockdown.
Police ordered the man to drop the gun, but he instead pointed it at one of the officers who shot him.
The man, later identified as 40-year-old Osiris Santos, had a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was arrested for felony assault on a peace officer.
Police say the gun was a BB-gun designed to look like a semi-automatic handgun.
The officer’s name has not been released yet.
